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Source language
Original Greek   
γίνεσθε οὖν μιμηταὶ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὡς τέκνα ἀγαπητά,
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
ginesthe oun mimetai tou theou, os tekna agapeta,

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
estote ergo imitatores Dei sicut filii carissimi

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children;
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children;
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Authorized (King James) Version   
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
New King James Version   
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
21st Century King James Version   
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,
Darby Bible Translation   
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children;
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
God's Word   
Imitate God, since you are the children he loves.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children.
International Standard Version   
So be imitators of God, as his dear children.
NET Bible   
Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children
New American Standard Bible   
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;
New International Version   
Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children
New Living Translation   
Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Weymouth New Testament   
Therefore be imitators of God, as His dear children.
The World English Bible   
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
EasyEnglish Bible   
You are God's children and he loves you very much. So you must try to be like him.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,
New Life Version   
Do as God would do. Much-loved children want to do as their fathers do.
Revised Geneva Translation   
Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children.
The Voice Bible   
So imitate God. Follow Him like adored children,
Living Bible   
Follow God’s example in everything you do just as a much loved child imitates his father.
New Catholic Bible   
Hence, be imitators of God, as beloved children,
Legacy Standard Bible   
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dear children
Christian Standard Bible   
Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children,
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Therefore be imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father].
New Century Version   
You are God’s children whom he loves, so try to be like him.
The Message   
Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Therefore, be imitators of God as his dearly loved children.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Therefore be imitators of God as his dear children,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,
New Matthew Bible   
Be followers of God as dear children,
Good News Translation®   
Since you are God's dear children, you must try to be like him.
Wycliffe Bible   
Therefore be ye followers of God, as most dear-worthy sons;
New Testament for Everyone   
So you should be imitators of God, like dear children.
Contemporary English Version   
Do as God does. After all, you are his dear children.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
As children copy their fathers you, as God’s children, are to copy him. Live your lives in love—the same sort of love which Christ gives us and which he perfectly expressed when he gave himself up for us in sacrifice to God.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,
Common English Bible © 2011   
Therefore, imitate God like dearly loved children.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Therefore become imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father];
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
So be imitators of God, as beloved children,
New American Standard Bible   
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;
The Expanded Bible   
You are God’s children whom he loves, so ·try to be like [imitate] him.
Tree of Life Version   
Therefore be imitators of God, as dearly loved children;
Revised Standard Version   
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
New International Reader's Version   
You are the children that God dearly loves. So follow his example.
BRG Bible   
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Complete Jewish Bible   
So imitate God, as his dear children;
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
So try to be like God, because you are his own dear children.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Therefore, be imitators of Hashem as beloved yeladim,
Names of God Bible   
Imitate God, since you are the children he loves.
Modern English Version   
Therefore be imitators of God as beloved children.
Easy-to-Read Version   
You are God’s dear children, so try to be like him.
International Children’s Bible   
You are God’s children whom he loves. So try to be like God.
Lexham English Bible   
Therefore become imitators of God, as beloved children,
New International Version - UK   
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children
Disciples Literal New Testament   
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.